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[It's the last bit that actually gets her even though it's all right on target. So it takes a moment before she smiles with her reply.]
When I was thirteen my parents were killed when the soldiers came looking for me. I was on my own for a few months trying to blend in so no one knew I was a "freak." They caught up to me, and I was taken to the pens. The X-Men rescued me before the experimenting started. Trained me. My powers made me ideal for assassination work. So some missions I was doing that, and sometimes I was with the team. [She liked being with the team better.] I was the youngest for awhile.
Before that I was in gifted classes trying to figure out if I could balance being a prima ballerina and the next big thing in computer developing at the same time.